The ad is said to have been shot in a grand Indian wedding style, the set boasting a mix of bright yellow, orange and blue drapes along with the bubbly and vivacious Anushka sporting a lemon green lehenga with exquisite glass work

"Band Baaja Baaraat" actress Anushka Sharma, who was spotted at the India-Australia cricket match in Sydney on Thursday, had decked up as a bride before she left -- this, for a wedding-themed advertisement for beverage brand 7UP!

Anushka, who endorses the brand, shot for the ad under the direction of Vikas Bahl, whose "Queen" was recently named the Best Hindi Film at the 62nd National Film Awards. Completing the cracker of a team for the ad is Sneha Khanwalkar, who provided a peppy soundtrack for it.

The ad is said to have been shot in a grand Indian wedding style, the set boasting a mix of bright yellow, orange and blue drapes along with the bubbly and vivacious Anushka sporting a lemon green lehenga with exquisite glass work.

"I think the look is vibrant and apt for the concept of the creative. The ad is also fun and the attire totally blends in," Anushka said in a statement.

Talking about the set up and film, Bahl said: "I love the idea of weddings, it brings families together, with that comes a lot of happiness and enjoyment."

Shot on the day of the big India-Pakistan World Cup cricket match at Adelaide last month which India won by 76 runs, the film is all set to go on air on Friday.

Bahl said: "The entire crew was excited about the ongoing India-Pakistan match. I think after weddings and movies, cricket is the third other thing we do. We sneaked and watched cricket, behind the screen and chairs there was another monitor so we could watch cricket."

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The current developments are two days ahead of the Aam Aadmi Party's national executive meeting where both sides -- the Kejriwal camp and supporters of Bhushan and Yadav -- could have had a showdown

Less than two months after it stormed to power in Delhi, the AAP appeared set for a split with the party saying on Thursday that senior leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav had quit its national executive and the two men vehemently denying this.

Making the announcement two days before the executive meets here, AAP spokesman Ashish Khetan said Bhushan and Yadav appeared dead set against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the party's best known face who assumed office on February 14.

"They say one thing in private and another in public," Khetan told the media, adding he had been involved in days of close-door discussions with both men over issues confronting India's youngest political party.

The comments came two days ahead of the Aam Aadmi Party's national executive meeting where both sides -- the Kejriwal camp and supporters of Bhushan and Yadav -- could have had a showdown.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia added that close-door talks with Bhushan and Yadav had failed as they were adamant that Kejriwal must go as the party's all-powerful national convener.

“No effort to remove Kejriwal is acceptable to me," added Sisodia, a long-time confidant of the chief minister.

“Despite accepting all their demands, they are insisting (on the removal of) AK," he added, referring to Kejriwal. "In public they say AK is the leader, in private they insist on his removal."

Another AAP leader, Kumar Vishwas, said all the five proposals of Bhushan and Yadav were accepted by the party but their demand for axing Kejriwal as the national convener would only be decided by the national executive.

In the mounting war of words, Bhushan and Yadav denied the charges made against them. A defiant Bhushan added that Kejriwal wanted only "yes men" around him and not those with independent views.

Both are to hold a press conference on Friday, a development that could generate more heat.

A founder member of the AAP and a leading Supreme Court advocate, Bhushan told the media that it was a lie to say that he and Yadav wanted to see Kejriwal step down as the national convenor.

"This is a lie, we never made this demand," he said. "All we have asked for is transparency in the party."

Yadav, a known political expert, agreed and asked Kejriwal loyalists to produce his resignation letter -- if he had indeed resigned.

"What is being passed off as 'resignation letter' is a note for internal negotiations," Yadav said in a tweet.

He said it was "ridiculous" to say he and Bhushan demanded Kejriwal's removal as the national convenor.

"This wasn't mentioned in our note, never came up for discussion. Can they give any proof?" he asked.

The AAP has been embroiled in an internal tussle after taking power in Delhi last month, with the pro-Kejriwal camp accusing Bhushan and Yadav of trying to oust the chief minister. Both have denied the charge.

Bhushan and Yadav were sacked from the Political Affairs Committee (PAC), the party's top decision making body, earlier this month in the first open sign that all was not well with the AAP.

That was accompanied by a war of words between Bhushan and Yadav on the one hand and known supporters of Kejriwal on the other.

Once Kejriwal returned to New Delhi after 10 days of naturopathy in Bengaluru, the situation calmed -- publicly -- but the two factions held a series of close-door discussions to sort out various issues.

From the dramatic developments on Thursday, efforts to bring about a unity between the two groups appear to have fizzled out.

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The Supreme Court order came after senior counsel VK Tanha gave his suggestions following his visit to Asha Kiran - a home for the mentally retarded people in Delhi - during the hearing of a petition by Reena Banerjee

The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the central and State governments and union territory administrations for enforcement of law to support the people with physical disability including mentally challenged so that they can live with "dignity and respect".

Noting that people with physical disabilities were living in pathetic conditions, a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C Pant said that all the state governments have a definite role to see that the law to support the persons with disabilities which includes the mentally challenged people is properly implemented and they are "taken care of as commanded by the act.

The court order came after senior counsel VK Tanha gave his suggestions following his visit to Asha Kiran - a home for the mentally retarded people in Delhi - during the hearing of a petition by Reena Banerjee.

The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation Act, 1995 identifies the nature of disabilities and the obligation of the state to support people suffering from such disabilities.

Noting that the matter being dealt by it was rooted in the order passed by the Delhi High Court, the court in its order said: "Yet the pathetic situation of this category of persons which have been highlighted before us in other states cannot be ignored or marginalised."

It sought a comprehensive study of the situation where this "class of people are treated with dignity, respect and as far as practicable feel a part of the main stream of life".

"We are not oblivious of the fact that in every case, it may not be possible but there has to be an attempt to identify the possibility. We have been apprised at the bar that the said effort has not been made and, if made, that is not adequate enough to meet the real challenge."

Directing the next hearing of the matter on July 8, the court in its order said: "This court hopes and trusts that the Union of India and all the states and union territories shall respond without taking recourse to any kind of subterfuge and none should take adversarial position for the present cause has its own sacrosanctity."